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Page 98 of 1201907 · PDF PAGE 16
…od. Destroy him, or be he: that is enough; there is no more to say. Dear children of earth, long have you wandered in darkness; quit the night, and seek the day! Seek not to imitate the language of the wise ,- ’tis easy. There is no royal road to illumination; that which I say in Light is truth to the children of the Light; to them of darkness is a confusion and a snare. Knew ye what agony the nimble acuteness of mine own dialectic was to me, ye would not envy me, O dullardsl For I fear ever, lest I be replacing truth of thought by mere expertn…
1929 · PDF PAGE 266
266 of Kangchenjunga and magnified the toy avalanche and Gali's slip and wallop to the wildest fantasies. During the night some of them slipped away and went down to Camp 3. On September 1st we renewed the assault. Reymond, Pache and Salama went up the sloes on the rope and got over the bad patch. They were so much encouraged by their success that they went out of sight and hearing, contrary to my instructions. I needed them to help the three coolies with loads over the had part. They preferred to leave the whole responsibility to me, but I cou…
1909 · PDF PAGE 82
…bol of lust, See Rosenbaum’s “ Plague of Lust ” Swollen neck. — A superstition of the an- cients was that the neck swelled on the bridal night, and virginity was tested by the propor- tion of the skull and the neck. See Bever- land “ Draped Virginity ”. Poor, poor deluded victims of Satan! If they only knew the holy joy of even the least of Jesu’s lambs! Bull’s blood. — Supposed to be a poison by the ancients. Thus Themistocles is said to have died. Cypress. — Symbol of death. Acacia. — Symbol of resurrection, The poppy-fields. — They killed th…
1944 · PDF PAGE 105
…nconquerable courage to begin to tread this path. Here is a weird, deceptive life. The fiery sense is baulked. The moon has no air. The knight upon this quest has to rely on the three lower senses: touch, taste and smell.1 Such light as there may be is deadlier than dark‐ ness, and the silence is wounded by the howling of wild beasts. To what god shall we appeal for aid? It is Anubis, the watcher in the twilight, the god that stands upon the threshold, the jackal god of Khem, who stands in double form between the Ways. At his feet, on watch, wa…
1904 · PDF PAGE 90
be fit for work tonight. The lioness used to lick it with some effect, I remember. Couldnt ask Eve to do that, though. It would degrade her, Im sure. I must try and raise her to my level rather than Damn that potato patch ! It must be dug over to- morrow, and only the old flint spade still. A man in Lord Gods position House of Lords, stake in the country, and all that ought to provide iron spades this is the only country planet for bil- lions of miles where science hasnt penetrated, so that young prince says dont believe hes a rea…
1929 · PDF PAGE 115
… later. I had not been aware of the flight of time. I could not understand why it was afternoon; I thought that I had merely written all night. This play marks the climax of the first period of my poetry. During the summer I wanted to travel in the interior. I went down to Iguala, bought an orange pony and rode slowly back to the city, taking things as they came. In all my travels I have hardly ever "seen the sights". Nothing is so disappointing. My plan is simply to live in any new city the ordinary life of the people. I wander about and prese…
1922 · PDF PAGE 26
…und myself in Piccadilly quite suddenly. A voice purred in my ear, ‘ Good old Peter, good old sport, awfully glad I met you—we'll make a night of it.” The speaker was a handsome Welshman still in his prime. Some people thought him one of the best sculptors living. He had, in fact, a following of dis- ciples which I can only qualify as “ almost unpleasantly so.’”’ He had no use for humanity at the bottom of his heart, except as convenient shapes which he might model. He was bored and disgusted to find them pretending to be alive. The annoyance h…
1922 · PDF PAGE 343
…lse you wouldn’t have let yourself get as shaky as you are, you'd better take a white tablet. It won’t put you to sleep, as you've had a night’s rest, and the poor little thing won't have anything to do but run around your solar plexus and stroke all your little pussy-cat nerves the right way.” ; I took the advice and felt much better. At that moment King Lamus appeared, and challenged Sister Athena to a set of Thelema. I brought Lou out; and we sat in the courtyard and watched them play. Thelema is so called because of the variety of strokes. …
1909 · PDF PAGE 270
…en knowledge in the Name of Adonai. Hiereus : And the Angel Samael (Angel of Evil) answered and said : Iam the Prince of Darkness and of Night. The wicked and rebellious man gazeth upon the face of Nature and he findeth therein naught but terror and obscurity; unto him it is but the Darkness of the Darkness; and he is but as a drunken man groping in the dark. Return, for thou canst not pass by. Hierophant: Let the Neophyte enter the path of Good, Hegemon: Whence comest thou? Kerux (for Neophyte): I am come from between the pillars and seek for …
1909 · PDF PAGE 270
…en knowledge in the Name of Adonai. Hiereus : And the Angel Samael (Angel of Evil) answered and said : Iam the Prince of Darkness and of Night. The wicked and rebellious man gazeth upon the face of Nature and he findeth therein naught but terror and obscurity; unto him it is but the Darkness of the Darkness; and he is but as a drunken man groping in the dark. Return, for thou canst not pass by. Hierophant: Let the Neophyte enter the path of Good, Hegemon: Whence comest thou? Kerux (for Neophyte): I am come from between the pillars and seek for …
1922 · PDF PAGE 101
The Glitter on the Snow 87 air of a Worshipful Master calling the Lodge to order, “TI said to myself when I met you last night, ‘it’s better to be born lucky than rich, and there’s a man who was born lucky.’ ” It was perfectly true. I had never been able to do anything of my own abilities, and after all I had tumbled into a reasonably good fortune. ‘ You’ve got the touch, Pen,’ he said, with animation. “* Any time you're out of a job, I'll give you ten thousand a year as a mascot.” Lou and I were both intensely excited. We could hardly find the…
1922 · PDF PAGE 237
…l horrible and disgusting. But he says nothing at all now, any more. He begins to speak to me and checks himself... . It is very dark to-night. Rain is falling. Peter has gone down to the lake with his gun. I have taken this book from its hiding place. I am horribly frightened. I had no appetite at lunch, and Peter wouldn’t eat. He burst out in a hysterical appeal to me, reminded me of our love, and said he couldn’t believe it was all a sham. Why had I gone into the plot to drive him to death? He doesn’t eat, because he thinks the food is poiso…
1922 · PDF PAGE 376
…ther, or opium as simply and usefully as the ordinary man can order a cup of strong black coffee when he happens to want to work late at night. He had become completely master of himself, because he had ceased to oppose himself to the current of spiritual will-power of which he was the vehicle. He had no fear or fascina- tion with regard to any of these drugs. He knew that these two qualities were aspects of a single reaction; that of emotion to ignorance. He could use cocaine as a fencing-master uses a rapier, as an expert, without danger of w…
1907 · PDF PAGE 182
… to ye, warders Bearing the lyre. That guard the borders The sad notes fall Of Hades! All hail to ye, dwellers To the sorrowful womb; of night ! One after one But I am the soul In a man’s control. Ye have nought to do with the dweller of light ! They leap as a host With weapons of fire On a desolate coast, Where love is lost And the bitterness clings of fear, and the Hail to ye, hail sadness dogs of desire ! In the hollow vale, Your weapons are lifted against me in vain. Thrice girded with brass, My lyre shall charm ye, Thrice bound with iron, …
1922 · PDF PAGE 92
…ere the only tie that bound one to home, I think most of us would vote for foreign travel. But he’d played the game pretty straight last night; and hang it, one couldn’t do less than invite the fellow to lunch. He might have a few more tips about the technique of this business anyhow. I’m not one of those cocksure fellows that imagine when they have one little scrap of knowledge, that they have drained the fount of wisdom dry. So I said, “‘ Ask him to be good enough to come up by all means.” Lou flew to the other room to fix her hair and her fa…
1922 · PDF PAGE 179
…but it stops the worst of the suffering. She never gets up till tea-time. I left her a fiver. She promised to see what she could do that night with the man who gets it for her. She got very affectionate in a sentimental, motherly style, told me the story of her life, and so on, for ever it seemed. Of course, I had to pretend to be interested to keep her in good humour. Everything might depend on that. . But it was awful to have to let her kiss me when I went away. I wonder if I should get like that if I went on with dope. What absolute nonsense…
1938 · PDF PAGE 18
…by his passion. By virtue of his LAW he floods each thought with love, and marries it in turn to every other thought; and of each bridal night the fruits are twin, the Rapture of Silence, and some new World unguessed of Phantasy; of these behold one grim and one grotesque, this lyric and that lordly, the grievous and the gracious equal in His sight, for they know neither limit nor let in the infinite variety of their Beauty, making new Harmonies with every hour, beyond belief for Joy.
1929 · PDF PAGE 36
…d never read it, because it was permitted. At the farmhouse, however, there was nothing else {80} to read. I became fascinated and spent night after night poring over the pages. (I have always been singularly thorough in anything I take up. My father had a favourite sermon on the word "but"; and I went through the whole Bible, page by page, enclosing this word, wherever it occurred, with an oblong of ink.) Apart from the few regular pieces for recitation, there was Paradise Lost. This bored me for the most part as much as it does now, but allow…
1907 · PDF PAGE 150
…we own Of vague experience, And instinct to enthrone The life’s mere needs alone, Nor answer © why” and ‘‘ whence.” Nor wandering in the night Our minds may apprehend Reflecting in pure light Of soul, what sound or sight May lead us to some end. We hear the dim sound roll From distant mountains drawn, We follow, but no soul Guesses that silver goal, The sunset or the dawn. The lyre entices fast Our willing feet and wings, We wonder from the past What spell is overcast From off the sonant strings. Awhile we deem our mates Are calling through the…
1930 · PDF PAGE 50
…must hâve divesied her self completely of her robey See CCXX.1.61. The PRIESTESS. But to love me is better than ail things: if under the night-stars in the desert thou presently burnest mine incense before me, invoking me with a pure heart, and the Serpent flame therein, thou shalt corne a little to lie in my bosom. For one